Education, Demographics: College enrollment over time
Total college enrollment peaked in 2010 and has been in decline since then.
Public health: “Microplastics” in our bodies might not be real
The "microplastics" fears may have been false positive artifacts of bad science.
Economy: What % of households have 0, 1, 2 or 2+ income earners
55-70% of US households have zero or one wage earner, contrary to the memes about "two wage earners" can't afford to live in the U.S. today.
Demographics: Most Americans live within a short distance of where they were born
Most Americans live close to their birthplace: about 60% live within 10 miles, and nearly 80% live within 100 miles of where they grew up.
Economy: What caused the Great Depression?
Speculative investments in stocks and real estate, fragile banking system, Federal reserve policy mistakes that made things worse. And what about "late stage capitalism"?
Personal finance: Klarna and personal finance
Is use of Buy Now, Pay Later a sign of stretched budgets? No. Almost all purchases are discretionary in nature, not necessities.
Demographics: World total fertility rate since 1960
The fertility rate is trending down globally since 1960.
Drones: Pilot Institute survey finds FCC ban on drones will devastate US drone industry
A pre December 22, 2025 survey found that the then proposed DJI drone ban would largely wipe out the drone applications industry in the U.S.
Who invented popular programming languages?
Surprisingly, most of the major programming languages were invented by Baby Boomers, and PHP and Rust by Gen X.